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Viet Nam News OBERNDORF BEI SALZBURG, Austria — Austria has something special to celebrate this festive period as it marks 200 years since the first performance of one of the world’s most beloved Christmas carols, Silent Night. Celebrations of the anniversary will culminate with a special December 24 performance of Stille Nacht at the chapel in Oberndorf village, near Salzburg, where it was first performed 200 years ago to the day. "We are expecting around 6,000 people this Christmas Eve, where normally we would have 3-4,000," Clemens Konrad, the head of Oberndorf’s tourism office, said. The song’s origins gave little hint as to the global renown it would achieve, being translated into 300 languages and dialects. It was originally written as a poem by priest Joseph Mohr in 1816, a time of great suffering in the wake of Europe’s Napoleonic wars. Two years later, Mohr asked his friend, the organist, choirmaster and schoolteacher Franz Xaver Gruber, to … [Read more...] about Austria celebrates 200 years of beloved carol ‘Silent Night’

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (R) The two leaders agreed to further promote extensive and pragmatic relations while showing elation at the fine development of their relationship since the two countries established diplomatic ties on December 1, 1972. Chancellor Kurz emphasized that the Vietnamese government leader’s official visit represents a significant landmark in bilateral ties at the same time extolling Vietnam’s development and integration achievements, as well as its rising role in the region and the wider world. He said he hopes for stronger and more comprehensive development in the bilateral relationship in the future. They agreed to intensify all-level delegation exchange and effectively realize bilateral cooperative mechanisms, especially the inter-governmental committee. Chancellor Kurz held that with its role as the EU Chair in the second half of 2018 and as a close partner of Vietnam, Austria supports and will … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Austria hold high level-talks

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre) and his spouse (next to Phuc on the right) are welcomed by the Vietnam Embassy’s staff and Vietnamese expatriates in Autria (Photo: VNA) Vienna (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse had a warm meeting with the Vietnam Embassy’s staff and Vietnamese expatriates in Austria right after arriving in the European country on October 14. Among hundreds of overseas Vietnamese participating in the event, many travelled from Eastern European nations like Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland to Austria for the meeting. Reporting to the Government leader on the local expat affairs, Vietnamese Ambassador to Austria Le Dung said the Vietnamese community in Austria numbers over 4,000, most of who live in Vienna. According to him, most Vietnamese nationals in Austria have stable jobs and obey the host country’s law. The community keeps close contact and often organises charity activities to support disadvantaged people … [Read more...] about PM meets overseas Vietnamese in Austria

World Cup hosts Russia turned in another unconvincing display as Austria extended their winless run stretching back to October with a 1-0 victory in a friendly on Wednesday. Russia's Igor Akinfeev makes a save during the match against Austria at Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria, May 30, 2018 - Photo: Reuters The home side, who have not qualified for the finals, exposed defensive frailties in Stanislav Cherchesov’s team with Alessandro Schopf sending a neat finish past Igor Akinfeev following a fine run from Marko Arnautovic after 28 minutes. Shorn of competitive football due to qualifying as hosts, Russia have spent the last two years playing friendlies against some of the world’s leading sides, but their preparations have been far from ideal. Cherchesov’s spluttering team faced a barrage of criticism in the Russian media after suffering heavy home defeats by Brazil and France in March and the coach’s negative tactics were also questioned. … [Read more...] about World Cup hosts Russia suffer more misery in loss to Austria

VIENNA – Austria aims to tighten border controls, in particular on its frontier with Slovakia following a rise in migrants trying to enter the country, the defence minister was quoted as saying Wednesday. "I am noticing a trend here that the smugglers are now using Slovakia," the Kurier daily cited Hans-Peter Doskozil as saying in its online edition. He said that 299 migrants have been intercepted so far this year in Lower Austria state bordering Slovakia and the Czech Republic. This compares with 174 in Burgenland state, whose border with Hungary has been the main area for controls so far. Many of those entering from Slovakia cross via train, meaning more checks on trains are needed, Doskozil said, adding that 100 soldiers could be made available to assist. At the western end of the country, Doskozil also said 292 people were caught so far in 2017 in Tyrol state after crossing from Italy but that most of these were sent back over the border. "There were only 25 asylum … [Read more...] about Austria to tighten anti-migrant border controls